Spending Freeze

Paul Ryan Defends GOP's Proposed Spending Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) defended Republicans' plan to cut $60 billion from current spending levels, including $1.4 billion in job traini...

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Axelrod: We're Gonna Have a Good 'Ol Fashioned Budget Battle

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011

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We shouldn't let the need to show our own path to deficit reduction interfere with the need to win the headline battle between the president and House conservatives over the question of the importance of public investment to create jobs.

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The 5-Year Spending Freeze: What Would It Mean?

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama proposed a five-year freeze in government spending in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, but the actual significance ...

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Rejected: 'It's Not Enough,' Top Republican Says Of Spending Freeze

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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If President Barack Obama was hoping to win over the Republican Party by proposing a five-year freeze in non-security discretionary spending during hi...

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The Federal Coach: Managing the Fear of Cutback Among Federal Workers

Tom Fox | Posted 05.25.2011

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I reached out to senior leaders across government to collect their thoughts about how federal leaders can best manage the fear among employees about proposed hiring and pay freezes.

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Republican 'Pledge To America' Centers On Spending Freeze, Tax Cuts

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Six weeks before midterm elections, House Republicans vowed to cut taxes and federal spending, repeal President Barack Obama's heal...

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Afghanistan War Shapes Obama's Defense Budget While Domestic Programs Freeze

Rethinkafghanistan.com | Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama Administration is expected to unveil a huge Defense Department budget for next year shaped by the Afghanistan war. ...

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Evan Bayh Assails 'Left-Wing Blogs' For Criticizing Spending Freeze

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hyper-timid incrementalist Senator Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) gave his budget peacock legs a strut this past Sunday, accusing "far left-wing blogs" of criticizing the administration's proposed spending freeze.

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Budget Sense and Nonsense

James Kwak | Posted 05.25.2011

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With an opposition party ready to roll out its artillery at any mention of either Medicare cuts or tax increases, it's hard to see where a budget solution can come from.

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Frozen Budgets Can Be Dangerous to Your Health

Scott Lilly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Should we really freeze the budgets of agencies like the FAA, which expects air traffic to increase by 20% in the next 3 years? How about the IRS, which collects four dollars in taxes for every dollar it spends?

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Pelosi: Feeze Pentagon Budget Too

MSNBC | Luke Russert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Toward the end of her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) broke ranks with President Obama and reiterated...

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Pelosi: Defense Pork Shouldn't Be Exempt From Spending Freeze

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated on Thursday that pork-laden Pentagon programs shouldn't be protected from President Obama's proposed three-year ...

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Freezing Discretionary Spending Will Be a Disaster for the Middle Class

Lawrence Mishel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's call to reduce overall spending when tens of millions of Americans remain out of work will condemn millions of families to years of avoidable economic hardships.

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The F Word: Define Security, Mr. President

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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A three-year freeze on public spending on everything except entitlements, veterans benefits and security? Two years into a major recession -- a deva...

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GOP Rebuttal: McDonnell Changes Optics, Plays It Safe

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

The last time a Virginia governor was tasked with the rebuttal it was Tim Kaine, and the big takeaway was that the DNC was going to have to add a line item for eyebrow wrangling into their operational budget.

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How Long Must We Wait for Leadership?

Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a time when the country is bleeding jobs and that ever-hyped "hope" of just a year ago, the administration is burying its head in the sand and pretending that promises will substitute for action.

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SOTU: The Media's Malformed Narratives

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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So, how is our mainstream media doing at entrenching its narratives ahead of tonight's State Of The Union address? Comically well, it seems! Let's ta...

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A preview of Obama's "scalpel"?

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Local governments now have about 70 million reasons to pay attention to the way stimulus-funded infrastructure projects affect low-income people and c...

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Trumka Warns Obama: Spending Freeze Could Mean Lost Decade

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the country's top union leaders warned on Tuesday that President Obama's proposal for a three-year cap on discretionary, non-military spending ...

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Triangulation by Dummies

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's spending freeze holds down the total amount of discretionary spending, but allows cuts in one program to pay for increases in another. Rather than attract supporters from both sides, it manages to piss off pretty much everyone. It's triangulation by dummies.

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Obama Allies Struggle To Defend Spending Freeze

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some of President Obama's strongest allies in the labor world and the Democratic community struggled on Tuesday to defend his plan to implement a thre...

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An Open Letter to the President: It's Time for Change, Not Spending Freezes

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

It's time to be bold, Mr. President. Where is that audacity of hope? It's time to introduce a bold jobs-creation bill, and to replace your Wall Street-stained economic team members.

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Deficit Task Force Will Likely Be Rejected By Senate

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to create a bipartisan task force to tackle the federal defi...

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Now, McCain Wants More Than A Freeze

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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If President Obama is taking policy cues from his general election opponent in 2008, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), he'll have to go further than freeze ...

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Weekly Audit: Just Who is Obama fighting for?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Progressives have waited a year for President Barack Obama to roll up his sleeves and fight for serious finan...

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